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From Software to Softplay

Stepping out of the corporate world and becoming one of two adoptive dads

Building the new…. well new parts of me that is anyway!

After a rough time starting chemo and embracing the news as this hit our family unit I started my stem cell transplant process and the family kept me going, kept me smiling.

There’s no “C” in family !

Well I have news for you we have two “C’s” in our family and it is two big fat capital letter stinking horrible “C’s”. Not sure where to start with this one so I am just going to put it... Continue Reading →

OUTER SPACE – Time to celebrate

After some life-changing events I am back from what feels like outer space, ready to share our adoption mission further, the highs and the lows.

The future

It's been a while...... in fact it's been bloody ages. Life has kind of taken over a bit over the last few months and there has been no time to sit, reflect and get any decent screen time to write... Continue Reading →

The summer that was

Building memories, having fun, getting outside and trying to retain some sort of structure was the focus of our summer this year.  I know this post is about a month too late but we have been so busy since it's... Continue Reading →

Information sharing and reliving our journey

This week I had the amazing opportunity to speak to an adoption preparation group at the local council where we embarked upon our journey to parenthood. It was an honour to have been invited to speak to the group but... Continue Reading →

A first time for everything and I mean everything!

Five months in and we have been so busy building a family, developing trust and focusing on helping our boys develop a sense of permanency and unconditional love that it dawned on me that we have not really sat back... Continue Reading →

The family tree is growing and the roots are strengthening

With lots of first shoots appearing and blossom budding the family tree is starting to really build a solid foundation. We are now out of this bubble when it was only really meant to be us and the boys so as... Continue Reading →

Two months in and the future is bright but at the same time the past is right there in your face

Learning to listen, empathise, be curious and to build trust has never been so important. Since the last post the building of our family has continued.  Yes we have had bad days, yes we have had instances of regression and... Continue Reading →

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